Yet never once do the meticulously crafted foundations start to shake. Apple strikes a near impossible balance throughout the album, losing her mind in perfect time. Most musicians can’t pull this off, but Apple is an acrobat. She is McKayla Maroney — implausibly twisted, impossibly graceful. And unlike Ms. Not Impressed, she never flubs the stick.

Thus, Apple’s appearance with Blake Mills this Sunday at the Palace is the must-see concert of the fall.